Sector
Chemical and Coatings
Safinah introduces specialised services for the coating and chemical sector, blending expertise and innovation to overcome industry challenges. Our knowledge of the coating market, formulation, and test programmes help a wide range of clients from start-ups to major players including paint manufacturers / raw material providers and technology disruptors to reduce the time, cost, and risk of developing and taking products to market.
Safinah offers an array of services, providing coating formulation, technology assessment and market analysis tailored to the heavy-duty market: Marine, Yacht, Energy and Infrastructure.
Safinah’s experts are formulating chemists who have worked in senior marketing and R&D roles within the world’s the largest paint manufacturers.
Our knowledge of the coating market, formulation, and test programmes helps start-ups and major players, such as paint manufacturers / raw material providers and technology disruptors, to identify market opportunities and reduce the time, cost, and risk of developing technologies.
Safinah’s extensive involvement with asset owners (as part of coatings inspection) enable to best understand the needs of the market and assist with taking products to the market to ensure maximum return on investments.
We deliver great value through the following services:
- Formulation Development and Optimisation, Test Programs and Manufacturing Expertise
- Bespoke Training
- Technology Scoping, Development, and Integration
- Market Analysis and Research
- Commercial Support: Marketing and branding including brochure, marketing literature etc…
Speak with our experts for your requirements, or any questions about our Technical Services, please email at enquiries@safinah.com or contact us by clicking the button below.
Chemical & Coatings
Technology Assessment
Delivering opportunities to identify the market value of a technology or raw material added into coating products.
- We review the results of coatings tests carried out to see if a raw material improves coating properties such as antifouling, anticorrosive, mechanical properties and other performance measured.
- We provide paint formulations to allow raw material evaluation, and to identify the value benefit that the raw material offers to the formulations.
- We provide paint manufacturing process and quality control.
- We provide testing protocols to evaluate the performance.
- We provide independent review and validation of test results.
In addition to the example options above, Safinah could assist to;
- Identify market areas where the technology could be used.
- Develop or fine-tune marketing literature based on market segment.
- Assist with market introduction.
Delivering beneficial advantage to clients through;
- Providing meaningful product performance feedback.
- Simplifying the complex and unnecessary work while maximising return on development investment.
- Establishing product performance strengths and identify any weak areas early.
- Identifying key target markets or focus areas for the product.
To discuss your requirements or to find out more about how we can help you, please contact us or email enquiries@safinah.com
Chemical & Coatings
Market Analysis & Research
Providing valuable insights and helping clients understand the coating markets and opportunities in the marine, yacht, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Safinah’s Market Analysis and Research services provide;
- Historical and current trends shaping the shipping market, including deliveries (new buildings), the existing fleet, the order book, and ownership regarding the number of ships, ship type, size, overall capacity, and investment.
- Overview / best estimate of the world coating marine market demand by product type and main vessel area in millions of litres for the commercial shipping fleet.
- Best estimate for some raw material volume for use in coatings in the commercial shipping market
- Description of product types and examples of ranges and relative performance expectation
- Testing requirements
- Market trends and driver
- Active companies in the target market (potential competitors)
- Current coating unmet needs in the market
- Owner and yard drivers in new build and maintenance and repair scenario
- Liability for potential claims market segments
Delivering beneficial advantage to clients through;
- Minimising R&D spending and investment to focus on markets providing the maximum return on investment
- Helping clients understand coating markets to identify additional opportunities in adjacent markets.
To discuss your requirements or to find out more about how we can help you, please contact us or email enquiries@safinah.com
Chemical & Coatings
Training
Coating formulation training for the marine, yacht, energy and infrastructure markets.
Safinah provides bespoke coating formulation training courses for the heavy-duty coating market:
- Bespoke training tailored to clients’ needs.
- Highly qualified formulating chemists with senior roles in R&D within the largest paint manufacturers of heavy-duty coating (marine, yacht and protective coatings)
- Fee-based on course content and not on the number of participants providing a cost-effective option for organizations wishing to provide bespoke training to their employees
- Available throughout the year online or onsite
Key training topics:
- Anticorrosive coatings
- Topcoats
- Tie coats
- Fillers
- Fouling control coatings, including biocidal antifouling and foul release coatings
- Intumescent coatings
- …more
Delivering beneficial advantage to clients through;
- Identifying the added value of raw materials, allowing clients to focus on further raw materials development.
- Helping clients understand the adjacent coating markets and identify additional opportunities.
- Optimising R&D cost and time.
- Ensuring maximum return on investment.
To discuss your requirements or to find out more about how we can help you, please contact us or email enquiries@safinah.com
